GIS Engineer Job Description
GIS engineer
provides direct support to patrons using GIS data and tools, including assisting with basic use of desktop GIS software including ArcGIS and QGIS.
GIS Engineer Duties & Responsibilities
To write an effective GIS engineer job description, begin by listing detailed duties, responsibilities and expectations. We have included GIS engineer job description templates that you can modify and use.
Sample responsibilities for this position include:
Provide software design & development expertise following standard code writing practices
Interact with Project Manager and business partners to understand requirements and scope the systems
Working with users to troubleshoot and solve data and software issue
Work with vendor to report defects
Work directly with senior business partners to implement proof of concepts, define requirements, or provide technical input on solving business problems
Knowledge of RDBMS and data modeling concepts is required
Experience with Oracle and ADF based applications is preferred
The Senior GIS Software Engineer is responsible for the development, administration, deployment and maintenance of custom geospatial applications in support of customer organizations
Their duties shall include, but are not limited to, performing complex analysis, design, development and modification of .NET tools utilizing traditional RDBMS, NoSQL data stores, Hadoop File Stores and SOLR indexes
Provide advice and input on sales support materials and communication strategies
GIS Engineer Qualifications
Qualifications for a job description may include education, certification, and experience.
Licensing or Certifications for GIS Engineer
List any licenses or certifications required by the position: CISSP, SANS, USOR, DBA, AWS
Education for GIS Engineer
Typically a job would require a certain level of education.
Employers hiring for the GIS engineer job most commonly would prefer for their future employee to have a relevant degree such as Bachelor's and Associate Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Geography, Math, Technical, Education, Electrical Engineering, Graduate, Science, Information Systems
Skills for GIS Engineer
Desired skills for GIS engineer include:
Software and specifications
Maps technical processes
Spatial feature representations
ArcGIS Enterprise
SQL
ArcGIS Desktop
Basic Unix commands
Developing web-based portals for clients to access GIS data
Esri ArcGIS software
Application testing skills
Desired experience for GIS engineer includes:
Experience working with vendor products and maintaining professional vendor relationships
Experience with software products SpatialWeb, SpatialNet, and SpatialOffline
Experience with AutoCAD Map
Experience with CM tools such as Puppet, MagNeto, Code Wash
Advanced usage of web mapping APIs like Google Maps, Bing Maps, OpenStreetMap
You must have solid previous experience working with geospatial data, spatial indexing, or routing algorithms
GIS Engineer Examples
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GIS Engineer Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of GIS engineer. If you are looking for an exciting place to work, please take a look at the list of qualifications below.
Responsibilities for GIS engineer
- Creation of design and construction details, including erosion and sediment control drawings using AutoCAD or Microstation
- Utilize technical manuals and directives to ensure compliance with codes and company policies
- Managing users and privileges
- Database versioning
- Reconciling and posting changes
- Designing, building, deploying and maintaining the operational architecture, infrastructure and software stack for our Enterprise GIS Platform
- Building deployment automation scripts
- Designing and implementing robust platform monitoring systems, dashboards and solutions
- Responding to alerts and troubleshooting platform configuration issues
- Developing and deploying Enterprise GIS Services and Data Pipelines
Qualifications for GIS engineer
- The geospatial landscape is evolving and our team strives to use the best available tools for the job
- Minimum of ten years software engineer experience
- Shall be highly proficient in developing, administering and deploying custom geospatial and/or applications in support of customer organizations
- Shall possess the ability to create and develop custom tools utilizing RDBMS, NoSQL data stores, Hadoop files stores and/or SOLR indexes
- Performs high level/expert systems architecture design and evaluation
- Shall possess strong oral and written communication skills
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GIS Engineer Job Description
Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of GIS engineer. Thank you in advance for taking a look at the list of responsibilities and qualifications. We look forward to reviewing your resume.
Responsibilities for GIS engineer
- Working closely with business partners and assisting their GIS Development teams with design and development of new GIS Solutions
- Setup and management of continuous integration software build systems for the GIS Platform
- Documenting GIS Services, APIs, User Guides and best practices for end users
- Mentor and raise the game of teammates in all areas
- You’re a tinkerer and love technology - HoloLens, Google Dream, Arduino, RaspberryPi, IoT, AR/VR, Creative Coding
- You’re passionate about GIS and the potential it offers to visualize and solve some of the most complex challenges
- Requirements analysis, design and implementation of the Map Services
- Development of GIS internet mapping software
- Development of AWS Cloudformation automation scripts
- Automated testing scripts
Qualifications for GIS engineer
- Works well in a team environment, including a remote team environment
- Proven ability to innovate and drive solutions across multiple teams
- Shall be proficient in C# and Java programming languages
- DoD 8570 Level III Certification (CISSP, CASP)
- Able to work extended periods and be on call
- Experience supporting application development deployed into existing applications as plug-ins cloud environments
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GIS Engineer Job Description
Job Description Example
Our innovative and growing company is hiring for a GIS engineer. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for GIS engineer
- Provide optimised and customised solutions for various substation tenders (AIS, GIS, Hybrid) received from the sales team
- Use creativity wherever appropriate to provide best solutions for the given situation within the framework of tender
- Continuously develop standard templates and databases for tender engineering
- Prepare substation layouts and section drawings for budgetary offers/tenders/projects based on customer specification
- Prepare bill of material for tenders or projects based on requirement
- Ground and light system design, drawings and Bill of Materials (BoM)
- Verify technical data sheets of primary equipment
- Adhere to quality system and contribute to its improvement
- Evaluate vendors by visiting their facilities
- FAT/SAT of primary equipment, system as and when needed
Qualifications for GIS engineer
- Experience in writing scripts to automate processes
- Minimum five years increasingly responsible experience in software engineering or technical sales required
- Bachelors Applied Computer Science, BA Computer Applications, Bachelor of Technology, or similar
- 1-2 years of experience in publicly traded companies or finance/technology industry operations
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Geography, Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering
- Strong experience with developing applications using industry-standard programming languages such as C++, Java, Web Services, XML, Microsoft .NET Framework or others
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Job Description Example
Our company is growing rapidly and is looking to fill the role of GIS engineer. To join our growing team, please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications.
Responsibilities for GIS engineer
- Take care of CT VT Sizing, Cable sizing wherever required
- Assess and validate tender risk and opportunity
- Offer vetting to 3rd party vendors
- Doing the tender costing, review and submission to sales team
- Evaluates platforms, software libraries, development tools, and processes and makes recommendations that will improve the team's effectiveness and capabilities
- Develops enterprise-level, re-usable software components to create opportunities for faster response to business needs and to reduce the overall cost of future development
- Design and develop great UI for desktop and mobile applications
- Drive and improve UX practices and expertise of your development team
- Collaborate within a scrum team including other software engineers, QA engineers, technical leads and product owners and help doing things right
- Design, develop, test and maintain software in accordance to guidelines, standards and best practices
Qualifications for GIS engineer
- 1-5 years experience in GIS Software, ESRI ArcGIS, FME
- Experience in remote server management
- Magik development, XML scripting (to support UI developments) and Datamodelling (preferably using the Smallworld CASE tool) for data model extensions are also highly desirable
- Ability and willingness to travel overnight for consecutive dates as required (up to 40%)
- Experience with requisite Smallworld applications (such as, Core Spatial Technology, Office Suites, Network Inventory, Field Force Automation, etc)
- Knowledge of and experience in Geographic Information Systems
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GIS Engineer Job Description
Job Description Example
Our growing company is searching for experienced candidates for the position of GIS engineer. Please review the list of responsibilities and qualifications. While this is our ideal list, we will consider candidates that do not necessarily have all of the qualifications, but have sufficient experience and talent.
Responsibilities for GIS engineer
- Commission the ancillary systems
- Control and adjust all adjustable installation parts
- Agreement with the customer concerning the test phase
- Manage all tests and trials
- File in the check lists and data sheets
- Training the customer's personnel to operate the installation
- Create system designs to facilitate the inter-operability of large-scale business systems, featuring GIS and spatial concepts
- Provide leadership and technical direction to team members and monitor the deliverables of the technical team when called upon
- Serve as technical point of contact for business partners and other technology areas
- Work collaboratively with a team to resolve production problems
Qualifications for GIS engineer
- More than 3 yrs
- Geospatial Information Systems Software Engineer with at least 10 years of experience
- At least 1 year of experience with Amazon Web Services
- 2 years of experience developing GIS solutions based on the Esri or BoundlessGeo technology stack
- Bachelor’s in GIS, computer science, or related field
- Five years of experience in the position offered or five years of experience as a GIS analyst, product engineer, software designer, or related occupation